Development of Field-ready Cyber-enhanced Canine Suit

― Countermeasures of heat and inclination of the suit / downsizing and lightening ―

Abstract

This paper describes the cyber-enhanced canine suit No. 7 revision 2 (called No. 7_r2) that improves overheating issue and suit inclination issue of the canine suit No. 7. Overheating issue was handled by applying heat countermeasures on WiFi dongle and camera. Suit inclination problem on dog was solved with the adjustment of chest belt length. Also, the suit was made lighter and smaller to reduce the burden for dogs. The weight of the suit was revised from 1.35 kg to 1.08 kg, and the size was reduced by 2-3 cm in length and breadth. With these revisions of No.7 suit, we started lending the suits to 2 rescue canine associations to be ready for next disaster.